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11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Percy Young : 1 1 — ' Silence is golden '
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. New developments in the British Empire : ' Development of Rich Pastures '
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. An animal word game Und a ten-minute tale, ' The Farmer and the Actor', by Rhoda Power , told by John Glyn -Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Young
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Told By:
John Glyn

2.0 NATURE STUDY : 'At the Farm', by Scott Kennedy
2.15 I YSGOLION CYMRU. (For Welsh schools). ' Hanes Cymru ' : Cyfres i blant tua 12 oed. 11 — 'Llywelyn-Fawr', gan A. H. Williams : Tywysog cryf a llwyddiannus ; Llywelyn y Llyw Olaf. Ei frwydr yn erbyn Edward I ; Yr ymgyrch olaf 1282
2.35 SENIOR HISTORY II. The changing world. ' Counting and Measuring' : how the habit grew in the seventeenth century

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy
Unknown:
A. H. Williams
Unknown:
Llyw Olaf.

5.20 'Sleeping and Waking'. Songs by the Edmunden Octet: conductor, J. Edmunds.

'Rom-Bom-Bom': a story from Java for the really and truly young, translated from the Dutch by Antonia Ridge, told by Olive Harries

5.50 'Letter from America', by Olive Shapley
(recording)

Contributors

Musicians:
Edmunden Octet
Conductor:
J. Edmunds
Translator (Rom-Bom-Bom):
Antonia Ridge
Reader (Rom-Bom-Bom):
Olive Harries
Speaker:
Olive Shapley

Monthly series presenting outstanding personalities and memorable incidents from the life of Wales. This month's edition includes excerpts from a play set against the background of the Welsh national anthem ; Wales in opera ; a Welsh singer who won fame in the world of opera ; and memorable incidents connected with two of the finest Welsh hymns. The Welsh Light Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Arwel Hughes. Programme introduced by Arthur Phillips. Script by Jack Jones. Produced by Nan Davies and Mai Jones

Contributors

Conducted By:
Arwel Hughes.
Duced By:
Arthur Phillips.
Script By:
Jack Jones.
Produced By:
Nan Davies
Produced By:
Mai Jones

with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino Galvani , Bill Stephens , Bryan Herbert , Jean Capra , and Jack Cooper. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Unknown:
Bill Stephens
Unknown:
Bryan Herbert
Unknown:
Jean Capra
Unknown:
Jack Cooper.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Unknown:
Ted Kavanagh.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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